Door-hanger.



No 831,134. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

S.'A. BAKER.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25.1905.

V m... 1 "l W1 TNESSES:

"SALEM A.

nnrrnr) era-pus rarnnr oratio BAKER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JAMES A. STEWART, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALEM A. BAKER, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana; have invented a certain new and useful Door-Hanger; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bein had to the accompanyin drawings, in which like numerals refer to ike parts.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for supporting and handling car-doors. Herein theinvention is shown in connection with the door of a stock-car, and

i in practice the invention would be used rgfchiefiy in that connection; but I do not wish it to be limited to stock-car doors.

One feature of the invention consists in-inclining the upper hangers so that they can not escape from the upper track, although. if the same hangers were spread they would escape from the track. With a hanger thus arranged it would be )laced on the track or the track placed-in t e hanger by turning them at a right an le to each other; but when they are not at a right angle to each other the han er will not escape from the track.

The various features of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawin s and the followin description and claims.

11 the drawings, i ure 1 is a side elevation of a stock-car wit the door closed, the ends of the car being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner surface of one of the hangers in normal position on the upper track, a portion of the track being broken away and parts being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is the same as the upper part of Fig. 2 with a part of the hanger broken away and showing the hanger in position while being placed on the upper track. Fig. 4 is the same as the upper part of Fig. 2 with the lower part of the hanger broken away and the upper part of the hanger partially in vertical section. Fig. 5 is a vertlcal. transverse section of the upper track and means for supporting the same, the hanger being shown partly in vertical section and partly in elevation. 6 is a perspective View of the outer on of the arm that carries the upper track. v

In detail, 10 represents the'lowe'r longitu';

dinal beam of the, stock-car; 11, one o the side casings of the door; 12, the upper longitudmal beam, and 1 3 the roof. To the upper and of said track, as appears in Fig. 2

beam bracl'ie'ts 14 are secured for supporting and holding the upper track 15. The brackets 14 have a horizontal groove 18 to receive the rib 19, extending centrally and longitudinally of the upper track 1 5 and along its back surface. The bolt 20 passes through the upper track, the rib 18, and the bracket 14 for mounting them. The upper track is recessed at 21 longitudinally, so as to prevent the slidin r door or hanger catching on the heads of t is bolts 20.-

The upper hangers that extends upwardly vertical line. wardly-extending hanger is recessed to receive the up or track 15, or, in other Words, to permit tic hanger to be placed .on the track. The upper and lower surfaces of the recessed portion of the hanger are each adapted to engage the upper and lower edges of the upper track, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4,

each curved so as to diminish the bear- 26 have each an arm and 1s inclined from a The inner surface of the up-' ing-surface between them and the track. The I portion of those surfaces which engage the track when in proper position is sharply curved to reduce the bearing-surface to a minimum. 'lhere is a flange or lip 28 on the inner face of the hanger that extends downwardly the hanger has a similar u flange or lip 29, that over wardly-extending aps the lower edge overlapping flanges or lips prevent the hanger from escaping from the track. They are curved so that when the upper arm of the hanger is vertical it may readily be placed on and over the upper track, but when in an oblique position it cannot escape therefrom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a car having an upper track for the door, and a door of hangers secured thereto for supporting the door slid'tbly upon said track, said hangers having flanges overlapping the upper and lower edges 'of said track, and being out of vertical alinement with each other, the upper parts of said two hangers extending obliquely of the track in opposite directions with reference to each other.

2. The combination with a car having an upper track for the door, an d a door, of hangers secured thereto for supporting the door so as to overlap the upper track, and

These I flanges overlapping the upper and lower In witness whereof I have hereunto aflixerl edges ofssicl track, and being out of Vertical my sign eture in the presence of the Witnesses elinenient with each other, the upper and herein named.

lower bearing-surfaces in said hangers being BAKER. curved substantially as shown; and the upper Witnesses: I parts of said two hangers extendin obliquely W.;H. BONHAM,

of the track with reference to ego 1 other. N. ALLEMONG. 

